The purchase of F-35 stealth fighter jets by the Canadian government is, depending upon who you ask, either possible or probable. Minister of Defence Peter Mackay has been consistent in his remarks about the purchase of the jets and what they will add to Canada’s future air force capability. The cost is the point of contention for many critics, and, this week, the ability of the jets to communicate with other aircraft immediately has been questioned.

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The Russian [nuclear] modernization program was spurred by the US withdrawal, under President George W. Bush in 2002, from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which Moscow had for four decades regarded as a central pillar of strategic stability. Moscow’s subsequent failure to reach a new agreement with the United States on missile defenses, and the collapse […]